October 1, 2010

The Daily Bankruptcy News

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Law:

Ex-Associate Testifies PI Lawyer Disappointed by ‘Lousy $41 Million’ in Fees
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What is the government interest in bankruptcy cases?
(DBN)

Associate, Interrupted
(DBN)

Open for (Bankruptcy) Law
(DBN)

Lawyers Complain About the High Cost of Ethics
(DBN)

Partner Compensation: The Downturn's New Touchy Subject
(DBN)

Lawes wins Freshfields senior partner race
(DBN)

Settlement Would Give Creditors Half of Educator’s ‘Smarter than a 5th Grader’ Prize
(DBN)

Want to Adjunct at a Fancy Law School? Get in Line
(DBN)

Your Early Guide to the Big Business Cases of the High Court Term
(DBN)

Lawyer of the Day: Suing a Client for Nonpayment of Fees — and Ending Up Owing the Client Money
(DBN)

Navigating the Callback – 10 Tips for a Successful Interview
(DBN)

ABA Survey: Lawyers Profiting From Web 2.0
(DBN)

Law Student Seeks Pardon of Assault Conviction So He Can Take Bar
(DBN)

What the J.D. Class of 2011 Can Learn From Indian Law Students in 1930
(DBN)

Galactic embarrassment for firm after thousands of emails are leaked
(DBN)

4 Things Every Recent Grad Needs to Learn (from a 4th year on an 80% Schedule with a Toddler)
(DBN)

Lapdancers' lawyer responds
(DBN)

SoloCorps Website Shares Solo Practitioner's Stories on Video
(DBN)

IT heads bet cloud computing will save law firms millions
(DBN)

Anti-Theft Lunch Bags Make Thieves Think Your Sandwich Is Moldy
(DBN)

New PDF Annotation Tool for Lawyers on iPad: GoodReader 3.0
(DBN)

Blagojevich Lawyers Want Out
(DBN)

Greg Giraldo, Comedian and Former Lawyer, Dead at 44
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Judges:

Retirement Goings On for Retiring Judges
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Judge Charged with Disorderly Conduct for Taking Intercourse, Pa., Name Seriously
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Judge Re-Indicted in "Cash for Kids" Scandal
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Wall Street:

Stock futures rise following overseas gains
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Wall Street Slips at End of an Upbeat Quarter
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Report: 'Flash Crash' Sparked By 'Single Trade'
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Layoffs:

US Jobless Claims Fall
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Out of Work, Out of Benefits, No Jobs
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Advice for Wall Street’s Soon To Be Fired
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NY chasing $140M taken in jobless-benefit scams
(DBN)

National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Oil/Gas:

US issues new drilling rules, offshore ban stays
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BP oil spill clean-up bill hits $11.2bn
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BP Pledges Assets As Collateral For Gulf Oil Spill Trust
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Mail:

The Postal Service Service Is Going Broke
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US Postal Service Denied Rate Increase by Regulator
(DBN)

What if the Postal Service runs out of money?
(DBN)

Postal Service on the Edge
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Golf:

Ford's Colony Country Club Bankruptcy Case Goes To Mediation
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Hedge Funds:

"THE MOST VALUABLE SET OF ALL TIME"
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M&A:

Cerberus's Nardelli Says Economic Uncertainty Slows Dealmakers
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Video Rentals:

Thoughts on Blockbuster's Store Closure List
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Tourism:

Future of Chinqua Penn uncertain, doors to museum currently closed
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Marketing:

Relizon (Texas) Ltd., Marketing Provider, Files for Bankruptcy
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S&P chops Workflow Management to D on Chapter 11 filing
(DBN)

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Chemicals:

Tronox reaches "significant milestone” toward emerging from bankruptcy
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Economy:

Geithner: More Stimulus Needed
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New US jobless claims fall, growth revised up
(DBN)

U.S. Growth in Second Quarter Revised Slightly Higher
(DBN)

Two years and billions later, was bank bailout worth it?
(DBN)

TARP due to end, but funds to live on
(DBN)

Treasury short $55 billion in TARP paybacks days before expiration
(DBN)

Criticism of TARP persists
(DBN)

Sen. Ted Kaufman to Replace Elizabeth Warren On Bailout Oversight Panel
(DBN)

Economic Stress Map
(DBN)

Economy Tracker Map
(DBN)

US Debt Clock
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Recovery Index
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Bailout Tracker
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Real Estate:

Shapiro & Fishman Squares Off with Fla. AG, Calls Law Firm Foreclosure Probe an Abuse of Gov’t Power
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The Foreclosure Scandal
(DBN)

Foreclosures Slow as Document Flaws Emerge
(DBN)

Ohio Regulator Seeks Federal Criminal Probe of Foreclosures
(DBN)

Sen. Al Franken asks regulators to investigate Ally foreclosures
(DBN)

Wrongful Foreclosures and Clouded Title
(DBN)

OneWest Bank employee: 'Not more than 30 seconds' to sign each foreclosure
(DBN)

Big Bank Foreclosure Delays Signal Big Trouble
(DBN)

Foreclosure sales soar in California
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Fannie Mae extends mortgage modification to give servicers more time
(DBN)

Thousands line up at LA Convention Center for chance to avoid foreclosure
(DBN)

A New Way To Save Housing? Let The Rich Profit From Poor Homeowners
(DBN)

US mortgage bond issuance up through 3rd quarter
(DBN)

30-year mortgage rate sinks to 4.32%
(DBN)

Where Home Sellers Are Slashing Prices Most
(DBN)

Mortgage Bonds Slump in US as Policy Concern Trumps Analysis
(DBN)

Moody's considering downgrades on billions in CMBS
(DBN)

US mortgage rates at record lows-Freddie Mac
(DBN)

Fannie and Freddie's Bargains
(DBN)

Judge rules on mortgage-backed securities in Boilermakers-WaMu lawsuit
(DBN)

Developer of stalled Colorado Crossing project files reorganization plan
(DBN)

In California's Merced, real estate fraud schemes flourish
(DBN)

Miami man arrested on mortgage fraud charges
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AIG:

AIG to Convert Preferred Shares Into Common to Repay U.S. Rescue
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Initial Thoughts on AIG
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CliffsNotes for AIG's Exit Strategy
(DBN)

AIG exit still distant for Geithner
(DBN)

AIG's audacious bid to escape government control
(DBN)

AIG: Would You Buy These Shares from Treasury?
(DBN)

AIG: Will Anyone Want to Buy the Stock?
(DBN)

Hank Greenberg on the AIG Plan: ‘Disgraceful’
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Fraud:

A Good Day for Rajaratnam; A Less Good Day for Rakoff
(DBN)

Gag order issued in R. Allen Stanford criminal case
(DBN)

Malcom Bell gets 6 years for wire fraud in Petters case
(DBN)

Leach to enter guilty plea in Hecker case; could bring end to case
(DBN)

Trustee asks court to bar Hecker, girlfriend from spending 'stolen money'
(DBN)

Petters trustee seeks $113 million from family
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Razors:

Energizer Wins Bankruptcy Court Permission to Bid on American Safety Razor
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Autos:

Ally Financial tapped to finance Fiat vehicles
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Jackson: GM must tap minority firms in IPO
(DBN)

Proposed settlement filed in US Fidelis bankruptcy
(DBN)

A new UAW? Union plant shutdown destroys 650 jobs
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Environmental:

Chemtura Will Pay $3.9 Million to Clean Toxic Site
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Avoidance Actions:

Bankrupt VeraSun won't pursue individual farmers
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Banking:

Banks Aren't Lovelier The Second Time Around
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Private Equity:

The End of Private Equity's Two-and-Twenty?
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Compensation:

How Feinberg And The SEC Have Changed Executive Pay
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(No new opinions today)

Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings
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Bankruptcy Code - Prior BK Codes - Bankruptcy Rules
(large downloads)

Bankruptcy Jobs:

(1)- (2)- (3)- (4)- (5)- (6)- (7)- (8)- (9)- (10)
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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)

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Corporate Reform:

Consumer czar needs to get tough with banks
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Limits Emerge for a New Bureau Without a Director
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Lack of director for Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is a growing concern
(DBN)

The Elizabeth Warren Fallacy
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What's Eating Todd Zywicki?
(DBN)

At Hearing, a Dispute Over Banking Provision in Reform Law
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Dodd-Frank proving to be a 'mammoth' transition for federal agencies
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Lack of Funding May Delay Wall St. Reforms
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Investment Banking:

The Upside of Reviving Securitizing
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Miscellaneous:

Tronox, Nortel, Lehman Brothers, Schutt, Almatis, Value City: Bankruptcy
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Irish Bailouts, Lehman, Japan Airlines, Takefuji: Bankruptcy
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Newspapers:

Judge OKs $139M court sale of Philly newspapers
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Newspapers near end to bankruptcy
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Mediator backs Tribune restructuring plan
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Inquirer and Daily News take large steps toward leaving bankruptcy
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Derivatives:

Takefuji Bankruptcy Triggered Credit Swaps, ISDA Committee Says
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Litigation:

Judge Tosses Lawsuit Evidence Gathered in Illegally Taped Calls
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Hollywood:

Suitors continue to circle MGM
(DBN)

Icahn pushes for MGM-Lions Gate merger
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Toll Roads:

South Bay Expressway committee's motion denied without hearing
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Sports:

If $55K is a joke, Cowboys' veterans are punch line
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Corporate Governance:

Big Biz Fights SEC Over Boardroom Democracy
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Credit Counseling:

New Fed Rules Look at Debt Settlement Firms
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Sovereigns:

Time Flies
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UK:

Begbies Traynor reports decline in insolvency business
(DBN)

Insolvency Practitioners Association announces series of regional road-shows
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Amid Austerity, Britain Keeps Benefits
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Are We Going to Replay the 1930s?
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EU:

Europe debt crisis rolls on as Irish bailouts grow
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Ireland:

Ireland Takes Over 2nd Bank as Bailout Bill Rises
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Why Debtholders Need to Get Ready for a Haircut
(DBN)

Irish face years of pain from mammoth bank cleanup
(DBN)

Ireland will recover quickly from bank crisis
(DBN)

Celtic Tiger close to bankruptcy as bankers are virtually bust
(DBN)

Ireland reveals full horror of banking crisis
(DBN)

Irish face tax rises to plug £34bn hole in public purse
(DBN)

Ireland: Bank Bailout May Hit 50B Euros
(DBN)

Anglo Irish Bank To Auction Off Manhattan Condo Building
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Greece:

Greece plans parliamentary probe of foreign banks
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Portugal:

Portuguese govt seeks support for austerity plan
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Estonia:

Estonia is in debt crisis
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